What does sterilizing mean?
Sterilizing means present participle and gerund of sterilize.
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present participle and gerund of sterilize.
Use sterilizing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sterilizing means present participle and gerund of sterilize.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use sterilizing where its definition matches the intended context.
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